Do you ever wonder why a boat floats and a rock doesn’t? Well I do. A Boat floats because of buoyancy and it remains lighter than the amount of water it displaces. Buoyancy is an interesting topic. Buoyancy can happen in any fluid and air. The buoyant force applies not just to water but to any fluid...A fluid is a substance that is able to take the shape of a container in which it is placed.” The source of this information is http://blackbirdlibrary.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/70171466/dFlaoting
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Why do boats float? All boats float‚ but floating is harder and confusing than it sounds and its best explained through a scientific concept called buoyancy. Buoyancy is the force that causes floating. An object will either float or sink depending on its density in the water. If it’s denser than water‚ it mostly sinks; the less dense object usually will float. It doesn’t matter the size of the object is. Plastic that is big as a football field will float because it is less dense that the water. A
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A boat floats‚ because the fluid in which it is floating offsets the downward pull of gravity and pushes it up. The scientific name for this force‚ which allows even immense objects to float in liquid‚ is buoyant force‚ more commonly known as buoyancy. A solid object’s density determines whether or not the buoyant force of a liquid can lift it. The density of an object depends upon its weight and its size. Given two solid objects that are different sizes‚ but weigh the same‚ the smaller‚ more
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My Science Project Can water float on water? My Prediction I predict that water can’t float on top of water. Simply because it sounds impossible‚ but it will be interesting to find out if however it is possible. The Experiment First‚ I found two 1litre bottles and marked one with ‘+ salt’ and the other with ‘fresh’. I then went on to add red food colouring to the fresh bottle and yellow to the + salt bottle. The reason for doing so was to establish which ones were which and see if they
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share a basis in chemistry. Why Onions Make You Cry Marcelo Brito Filho They sit there‚ so harmless-looking on the kitchen counter. Yet as soon as you cut an onion‚ the tears begin to fall. What is it in onions that makes them burn your eyes? Why Ice Floats Thomas Northcut‚ Getty Images Can you imagine how different the world around you would be if ice sank? For one thing‚ lakes would freeze from the bottom. Chemistry holds the explanation for why ice floats‚ while most substances sink when
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Will the egg float or sink if put in salt water? Purpose: I want to know why the egg floats in fresh water and not salt water. I want to know if the egg will float in salt water‚ Also this shows why materials float easier in saltwater and sink in freshwater. Research: Since the egg’s density is higher than the density of freshwater the egg will sink. Density is mass per unit volume‚ which means a measure of how much mater is in a certain volume. If you add enough salt the egg will float again. The
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Have you ever dropped oil on your hands and tried to wash it off? What happens? Does the water slide off? Or what about when a drop of oil falls in a glass of water? Why does it float to the surface‚ and not mix? The answer to this is simple: polarity. What exactly is polarity? A polar bond is when there is a difference in electronegativity‚ which means the tendency of an atom to attract a bonding pair of electrons. When two atoms are bonded together and one attracts more electrons‚ this results
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How to float an egg in the middle of water? Objective: To understand how density works and how you can change the density of a liquid. Materials Needed: Procedure: 1) Fill 3 glasses with 250ml of water and place a fresh egg in one of the glasses‚ watch as it sinks. 2) Put 4 tsp. of salt into one of the glasses stir it up and place an egg in the water. Watch as it floats. 3) Put 4 tsp. of salt into the final glass stir it up and pour out some of the salt water. Now place an egg
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The song ”Float On” by Modest Mouse has changed how I feel about my surroundings. It made me realize that I am just one small part in a bigger world. The piece begins with the line‚ “I backed my car into a cop car the other day. Well he just drove off sometimes life’s okay”. This line uses the listener’s previous knowledge of how cops react to accidents to show how sometimes people can surprise you. When people do the unexpected they can change your life for the better. It’s actually my favorite
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if an egg will float in salt water. The question is how much salt is needed to be added to the water to make the egg float. The problem is that no one knows how much salt is needed to make an egg float. Hypothesis It will take at least three teaspoons of salt to be added to the water for the egg to float. The reason why I think three teaspoons of salt will need to be added to water for the egg to float is because the egg a density that is lower than the density of the salt water. Background information
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